What really happens to the plastic you throw away - Emma Bryce 

me too....

@NCL LOLA seems like we don't need 2 generations to suffer its effects.

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Please do something about the massive problem that made you sad instead of being the majority that doesn’t do anything and forgets the world is about to end. Thank you!

did u take any action?

perogieluver You have a good point. Oil is also used (as fuel) in transportation of bottles. Garbage trucks picking up the trash, and loading trucks transporting bottles from the factories to stores.

Anonymous ­ That would be a more eco-friendly choice, but maybe not the most practical. I guess the moral of this video is that you shouldn't throw away bottles, you should recycle them. In my opinion it's better to release some CO2 for the greater good of not polluting the water supplies.

perogieluver A lot of it is also just burned in incinerators to generate power. I was at a major tire recycling plant a few weeks ago. They make certain things out of recycled rubber, but the majority goes into incinerators.

AMEN BROTHER! Or sister :-)

ssuuppeerrbbooyy Dioxins. Avoid burning plastic. The best option is to avoid single use plastic and pass packaging laws. However, recycle/reuse material, rather than tossing it out.

Exactly what I wanted to say. Due to the limited number of times plastic can be recycled, there is no happy ending in the long term to none of the three bottles. We need to completely get rid of single-use plastic!

Kristy Lorson but it is still better than immediately discarding your plastic. Be a bit optimistic.

Sooooooo TRUE !

Not true. PET can be recycled many times, an can from many other things. Recycling plastic is one of the most energy efficient recycling efforts when compared to paper or metal.

U were right maam

This is only true to an extent, at least today in October 2022, but the crux of your argument is that recycling plastic is not sustainable and that is true. No matter the methods we employ to make plastic as reusable as possible, it will eventually need to be thrown away, and new molds will be made. There may exist an amount plastic we can produce per year that is sustainable, but which plastic products that would include and how much is frankly a question we are no longer in a position to ask ourselves.

Three words for plastic - mining, smelting and refining - more damage done to the environment

environmental studies should be a core subject. children at an early age, will learn about the plastic problem, global warming, deforestation, and the benefits of going vegan. this would kill the issue at the root, and allow the kids to grow up as environmentally conscious people, creating a new era of humans.

Zero waste means essentially country life. And that's not the prettiest thing to teach in school :) The idea is to draw a line between the back breaking physical work the countryside implies and modern technology.

Why do you think I’m here

@@mendebil living "zero waste", as the term is popularly used, does not necessarily mean forsaking all modern amenities, it is more about becoming mindful, intentional, and responsible in regards to one's environmental impact. Also "country life" isn't automatically zero waste? I assume you're referring to how the term "zero waste" denotatively sounds, but if it is something that gets taught, the first impression of what it sounds like won't be so much of an issue..

Instead they teach is formulas we will never used in life

Nancy, congratulations. I do hope your school has a focus on reducing waste. Recycling the last R: refuse, reduce, reuse, then recycle.

Is it a JOKE ?? IT IS A SHAME ! This is just a trap of conscious, are you serious ? Don't you know that only 7% of recycling goes to effective recycle? That this recycle process has an end, because of the properties of the polymers? ANd to make believe to people that they are doing right, recycling plastics, is to make them look to the wrong place! It's a FAKE news. This CYCLE of bottle 3 DECYCLE >> The plastic will finish somewhere Allways AT THE END... That means the "cool" bottle 3 is just going to be bottle 1 or 2, but not Recyclable : because of th mix with other materials, and the INCAPACITY of recycling this stuff!

Yes, I agree! Why is the responsibility left to us - the end consumers - when we are tricked into buying "cheap" products with such a hidden long term impact on our environment? Really good way to approach things. Thank you Bren stainlesssteelstraws.com.au

How do you wash glass bottle? What happens to the water used to clean the old glass bottle? What is the co2 footprint for producing a glass bottle and a plastic one? How about the bigger amount of co2 because of the logistics? The problem with the plastics is not the plastic itself.. it’s the habit of the humans of just trowing it away. The plastic is a really good material... we just need to learn how to reuse it.

^ Seriously?! It seems you didn’t watch the video at all. “What happens to the water...?” You wrote. Watch the video! The best solution is to reduce the use of plastics and such. But that’s likely not to happen as the ignorance of the population soars (such as yourself, cas in point with your comment). No one is disputing the quality of plastic and it’s its quality that makes so toxic to ecosystems. Watch the video.

It is still happening in the Philippines. We can buy soda from glass bottles, bring back the glasses from the store, then from there, a delivery from the company of soda (ex. Coca cola) picks up the glass bottles. They clean it, refill it then deliver it to the store. Same with water, Filipino families buy a galloon of water, same process with the bottled soda. We return the galloon, a company or refilling station will refill it, they send it back to us. And the cycle repeats.

But, recycling is fun

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***** at which point you recycle it again.

clamwhacker Most plastics cannot be recycled in the true sense of the word. They can be reused a few times by making them into lower grade plastics. Glass, steel and aluminium can be recycled indefinitely.

+Lugh Summerson Quote oh aha Frey a

100% with you! I don`t understand why this video got thumbs down...

daffy more lol we need less people, cuz more people means more resources used which is bad. What we really need is educated people aware of this problem so we can do something

The problem with the plastics is that it can be recycled ONLY up to 7 times (polluting the water and the air during the process), and then it gets dumped back into the ocean/landfills poisoning all around it, including you. The only solution is the stop buying anything made of it and urge the companies to stop producing it, because the planet will get destroyed. It's that serious.

Ko Br really??? I wasn't aware of that. Wow. Goodness gracious.

Ko Br that sounded really sarcastic on my part but it wasn't meant to be

I still do not know why we do not reuse plastic not like they are that bad if anything they should just rinse the bottles make e,m straight and sell them again.

TheRoyalPotatoKing -nothing - nothing - nothing technically better than dumping it, but the other downside of plastics is that it will leak (release) the BPA and the other cancer causing chemicals into your drink (even if it says "BPA free"). Refillable /reusable glass bottle perhaps?

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Valeria Katalnikova your spot on .

To be note

I have just seen your comment and I think you are right. The only solution is to not create the waste.

Valeria Katalnikova well it’s better than just throwing it in General Waste 😒

Hana Habib yerp

Yeah it's a little inconvenient

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I dont buy water bottles

No! Because most bottles of water cost money and u could save by just having a reusable one in your bag. There are water bubblers (water fountains) every where so how hard can it be to take 1 minute to fill it up?

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@@wispy9859 plastic degrades over time (most varieties of plastic become less strong after being repeatedly compressed/melted/shredded to be used in other products) and will generate microplastics. After a certain point, they can't be reused anymore.

your comment is wrong too

Where do you live fabienzaca? That is great, is that part of the plastic bank organization?

+fabienzaca better don't even buy anything made of plastic-save yourself time and many as there are alternatives to any piece of plastic.

i have an app called “OceanHero” (it is a search engine) and for every 5 searches it takes one plastic bottle out of the ocean. oceanhero.today/ this is their website you can watch a video on it here it’s only a 1:28 seconds about.oceanhero.today/how-it-works. Please consider adding it to your browser, it’s free and easy.

I wish i could do that too but that fecility is not in my country but I try to keep my surroundings clean :)

Also the waste waters in the recycling process.

I heard that after recycling, a plastic bottle doesn't retain its full quality. So, they are used in the production of other products. How long would the cycle continue? I agree with you. The best solution is to reduce the use of plastic bottle.

@@chamnabsonn282 It will never be recycle after, because of the mix with other materials... It's a bad fake news.

Even compostable materials are problematic if and when they are destined for a landfill. Given that chemical environment, compostable materials do not readily break down. We can take individuals actions but we must foremost work to change industry standards and polices where we can.

Compostable materials are difficult to make on a large scale and have high Co2 emmisions So stick to plastic but use it properly

Recycling won't stop pollution, but it can reduce it. This has already been studied multiple times.

The thing is - if we close plastic factories then we kind of all die because it wouldn't be too far of a leap to assume that more than half of the products we use indirectly and directly are based on plastics or utilize plastics in some function, and many of these products' plastic usage cannot be substituted out for other materials

Are you forgetting that plastic "happened" like only 100 years ago whereas civilization is here for a bit longer. Also, theoretically you could substitute the plastic with e.g. rubber, wood as it is not a crucial/functioning part of most of the products (electronic devices...).

I don't want to live in the previous century, thank you. Recycling is not the solution but it clearly is part of it. I agree we use too much plastic but if we only use recycled plastic then we can stop the pollution of it without going to darker ages.

Who's saying anything about the previous century because you could totally replace plastic, save yr. money and environment. Plastic gets broken easily and ok if the biodegradable one was produced, but that's not the case. Also, alternative systems would work, for example when going to the store for a product, for example cleaning product/detergent/shampoo, the buyers could always take the same previously purchased/branded/luxury designed container (metal, alluminium..), but that would not be in the interest of the plastic industry. Just remember when going to the beach and spotting a plastic trash, it totally ruins the impression. Yes, what about the 3D printers...well, leave it in the digital form and enjoy the meadow/beach...

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That’s plastic

@@p4gash thanks for the correction. I've been naively spending the last 5 years thinking all chairs are made of wood

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@@Purely4subs Omg haha!

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i agree ; )

ZimmerSquash Agree, loln

I just said it was sad, I didn't say anything about an essay dude. thx anywy

+ogarzabello you have commented this multiple times

ogarzabello If you're not trolling, thanks for responding, insightful.

ogarzabello How about discussing it with an environmental engineer, like myself, instead? Some points: -Solubility increases with increasing biodegradability. That's a quote from the USGS. You can google it since you can't link in comments. -Well designed landfills do prevent leachate getting into ground water. But even well designed liners are expected to only last a few decades to a century. Add in the fact that the incredibly compressed waste in a landfill makes it take even longer for the waste to degrade and that spells big trouble for the future. -I'm having trouble understanding how plastic that has been "washed" by salt water makes it okay for marine life to eat the pellets it's become. -I've had gold fish before. And there's been food floating at the top because too much was put in... Regardless of if they starve to death from feeling full, you still think it's ok for them to eat plastic? Basically what it comes down to is a person who tries to emphasize their points with capital letters and uses the term "sheepol" (sic) can't be taken too seriously.

I sense a flame war. Better take cover.

ogarzabello Hi, troll. Are you enjoying making people more stupid?

brenticious good comment

onerugrat I have the same question!

onerugrat Technically there are still chemicals that will leach out in your own bottle (like BPA), but it's only one small bottle with such a small amount that it won't hurt you. Now a landfill with bottles piled on top of each other is another story... Same could go for drinking from bottles every day for a long period of time...

brenticious I drink out of water bottles every day...

Claus Bertels That sucks

brenticious I believe(not certain) that BPA was banned from plastic bottles in California a few years ago.

Goes into the sewers

Is it a JOKE ?? IT IS A SHAME ! This is just a trap of conscious, are you serious ? Don't you know that only 7% of recycling goes to effective recycle? That this recycle process has an end, because of the properties of the polymers? And to make believe to people that they are doing right, recycling plastics, is to make them look to the wrong place! It's a FAKE news. The CYCLE of bottle 3 DECYCLE >> The plastic will finish somewhere Allways AT THE END... That means the "cool" bottle 3 is just going to be bottle 1 or 2, but not Recyclable : because of the mix with other materials, and the INCAPACITY of recycling this stuff!

Refuse !!!

DON'T PUT EMOJIS!!! THEY SUCK!

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@@snail123O What-Chu talking 'bout Willis? Emojis are great!

bruhh wow u literally dont care

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SentinelPrimek the term recycle should be replaced with downcycle for a lot of things. A easy example is paper which because of the ink (and maybe other things) we add, gets less usefull every time it's "recycled"

SentinelPrimek You can't produce plastic bottles to 100% of recycled material as the quality is just not the same as that of newly polymerized plastics.

*REDUCE

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BOMB TRIGGERED!!! (explosion)

Jeez man. so brutal! (i love it)

more like bottle discrimination

Only you can end water discrimination by recycling

After the second time it can actually be burned and generate electricity or converted into fuel for automotive use. This is not really done currently but is very possible.

ah yes. I heard that one of the countries in Europe does just that. Of course, then we have the problem of burning...the energy needed ,,,

or not even get produced in the first place. Burning generates toxic gasses.

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